Online review site Yelp files for $100 mn IPO

Yelp, a website which posts user reviews of businesses and services, filed for an initial public offering Thursday seeking to raise up to $100 million.Yelp, in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), did not say how many shares of Class A common stock it plans to issue or which Wall Street exchange it would be traded on.The company, which has its headquarters in San Francisco and was founded in 2004, will trade under the symbol "YELP."

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Yelp is moving ahead with an initial public offering that would value the website which posts user reviews of businesses and services at $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.The newspaper, citing people familiar with the plans, said Yelp, which has its headquarters in San Francisco and was founded in 2004, has picked Goldman Sachs and Citigroup to lead its IPO.Online discount deals site Groupon went public last week, raising $700 million in the biggest initial public offering by an Internet company since Google.

(Reuters) - 2U Inc, which builds online learning platforms, filed with U.S. financial regulators on Friday to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of common stock.The Landover, Maryland-based company provides cloud-based online learning platforms that help nonprofit colleges and universities in student enrollment, education, support and other services.

The Amazon.com for craft and vintage goods, Etsy has filed for an IPO with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission. Etsy aims to raise around $100 million through this IPO, and will most likely be traded on the NASDAQ exchange with "ETSY" as its ticker symbol.
While it is still too early to properly estimate Etsy’s value after the IPO, given that the initial filing does not mention a price range, certain reports indicate the company is looking to value itself at $2 billion.

Last summer, some Yelp shareholders filed a class-action lawsuit against the online review site, alleging that Yelp misled them about the quality of user-generated reviews and the process Yelp uses to screen for bogus write-ups.

Peak Resorts has refiled for an initial public offering (IPO) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The listing will raise $100 million for the company, which operates branded ski resorts in the US.
The company initially filed for an IPO in late 2011 but withdrew it later, citing unfavorable market conditions as the reason. The latest filing values Peak Resorts at approximately $150 million, and will allow the company to trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol "SKIS."

Italian luxury sportscar maker Ferrari NV filed with US regulators for an initial public offering of its common stock. The company is being spun off from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV . UBS Investment Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch and Santander are underwriting the IPO, the company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The filing did not reveal how many shares the company planned to sell or their expected price. Ferrari intends to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. The company set a nominal fundraising target of $100 million.